P5微码升级超详细.docx
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P5微码升级超详细
Updatingp5SystemFirmware
May2006
1 Overview
1.1 p5serverhardware
1.2 Systemfirmwarefixesandupgrades
1.3 Decodingfirmwarenames
1.4 Decodingtheoperatorcontrolpanel
1.5 TemporaryversusPermanentFirmwaresides
1.6 BeAdvised
2 Requirements
2.1 Softwarerequirements
3 UpgradefirmwarewithHMC
3.1 Connectivity
3.2 HMCrequirements
3.3 ViewingsystemfirmwareinformationusingLICwizard
3.4 UpgradesystemfirmwaretoanewreleaseusingHMC
3.5 UpdatesystemfirmwarewithinareleaseusingHMC
3.6 ChangeLicenseInternalCodeWizard
3.7 RejecttheinstalledfirmwareusingaHMC
4 UpgradefirmwarewithoutaHMC
4.1 AccessASMIviaserialconsole
4.2 Checkingthecurrentfirmwarelevel
4.3 PoweronusingASMI
4.4 Upgradesystemfirmwareviarunningoperatingsystem
4.4.1 UpgradefirmwareimageusingAIX
4.4.2 UpgradefirmwareimageusingLinux
4.5 UpgradefirmwareusingdiagnosticsCD
5 RejectinstalledfirmwarewithoutanHMC
5.1 Boottothepermanentside
5.2 RejecttheinstalledfirmwareusinganOScommand
5.3 RejecttheinstalledfirmwareusingadiagnosticCD
6 Appendixcommonproblems
7 References
1 Overview
Thegoalofthispaperistoprovideeasy-to-readinstructionstoquicklyupdatesystemfirmwareonp5servers. Itisassumedthereaderhasbasicp5skills. Thereareextensivereferencesthatshouldhelpwithitemsnotcoveredinthispaper.
Threefirmwareupdatemethodswillbecovered:
1.UpdateonanHMCmanagedsystem
2.Updateonastandaloneservervia OS,withoutaHMC
3.UpdateonastandaloneserverusingtheDiagnosticCD,withoutaHMC
Pleasefirstreadthroughtheprerequisitesbeforegettingstartedonanyoftheseupgradesections. Thenrefertoanyonesectionorallsectionswhenchoosingthepreferredmethodforupdatingsystemfirmware.
1.1 p5serverhardware
Thehardwareusedindevelopingthispaperwasap5550Q(type-model9133-55A). HMC(version5.2.0includingfixMH00586)wasalsousedwhenneeded.
1.2 Systemfirmwarefixesandupgrades
Firmware,alsoknownasmicrocode,isLicensedInternalCodethatfixesproblemsandenablesnewsystemfeaturesastheyareintroduced. Newfeaturesintroducedaresupportedbynewfirmwarereleaselevels. Inbetweennewhardwareintroductions,therearefixesorupdatestothesupportedfeatures. Thesefixesareoftenbundledintoservicepacks. Aservicepackisreferredtoasanupdatelevel. Anewreleaseisreferredtoasanupgradelevel. BothlevelsarerepresentedbythefilenameintheformofPPMMXXX_YYY_ZZZ. PPandMMarepackageandmachinetypeidentifiers. PPcanbe01formanagedsystemoritcanbe02forpowersubsystem. TheMM identifierisaSFforp5systemsandaBPforBulkPowerController. Thefirmwareversionfileapplicabletop5machinesisintheformof01SFXXX_YYY_ZZZ.
1.3 Decodingfirmwarenames
Thefilenamingconventionforsystemfirmwareis:
01SFXXX_YYY_ZZZ,where
XXXisthestreamreleaselevel
YYYistheservicepacklevel
ZZZisthelastdisruptiveservicepacklevel
Usingtheaboveexample,thesystemfirmware01SF235_185wouldbedescribedasreleaselevel235,servicepack185.
Eachstreamreleaselevelsupportsnewmachinetypesand/ornewfeatures.
Firmwareupdatescanbedisruptiveorconcurrent.Adisruptiveupgradeisdefinedasonethatrequiresthetargetsystemtobeshutdownandpoweredoffpriortoactivatingthenewfirmwarelevel. Anewreleaselevelupgradewillalwaysbedisruptive. Allotherupgradesaredefinedasconcurrent,meaningthattheycanbeappliedwhilethesystemisrunning. ConcurrentupdatesrequireanHMCbutarenotguaranteedtobenon-disruptive.
Ingeneral,afirmwareupgradeisdisruptiveif
1. Thereleaselevels(XXX)aredifferent.
Example:
CurrentlyinstalledreleaseisSF230,newreleaseisSF235
2. Theservicepacklevel(YYY)andthe lastdisruptiveservicepacklevel(ZZZ)areequal.
Example:
SF235_180_180isdisruptive,nomatterwhatlevelofSF235iscurrentlyinstalledonthesystem
3. Theservicepacklevel(YYY)currentlyinstalledonthesystemislowerthanthelastdisruptiveservicepacklevel(ZZZ)ofthenewservicepacktobeinstalled.
Example:
CurrentlyinstalledservicepackisSF235_180_180and thenewservicepackisSF235_190_185
Aninstallationisconcurrentif:
1. Theservicepacklevel(YYY)ishigherthantheservicepacklevelcurrentlyinstalledonyoursystem.
Example:
CurrentlyinstalledservicepackisSF235_180_160,newservicepackisSF235_185_160.
1.4 Decodingtheoperatorcontrolpanel
Whenthesystemispoweredon,notetheoperatorcontrolpanel. Itshouldappearsimilartotheimagebelow.
01 N V=F
HMC=1 T
InthisexamplethesystemiscurrentlybootedfromthetemporarysideofthefirmwareimageasdenotedinthecontrolpanelbytheletterT. Thisindicatesthefirmwareisrunningfromthetemporaryside. Nindicatesthesystemisbootedinnormalmode. V=FindicatesthebootspeedissettoFast. HMC=1indicatesthattheserverismanagedbyandconnectedtooneHMC.
IfithasbeenrecentlymanagedbyanHMCandnoHMCisconnectedthenitwilldisplayHMC=0. IfnoHMCisavailableanditisdesiredtosettheservertounmanageditmightberequiredtoresettheserviceprocessortofactorydefaultusingASMI.
1.5 TemporaryversusPermanentFirmwaresides
TheServiceProcessormaintainstwocopiesoffirmware,thetemporaryandpermanentside,tohelpmanageandreducethefrequencyofdowntimeformaintenance. Thepermanentsideisalsoknownasthe"P"side. Thetemporarysideisalsoknownasthe"T"side. Serverfirmwarefixesareinstalledonthetemporaryside. Copyingthetemporaryfirmwareleveltothepermanentsideisknownascommittingoracceptingthefix.Conversely,rejecting,orremovingthecurrentfirmwarelevelconsistsofcopyingthepermanentfirmwareimagetothetemporaryside.
Note:
Itisrecommendedtouseanewfirmwarefixforaperiodoftimebeforecommitting(oraccepting)it.
Iffirmwarefixesareappliedconsecutively,thefirstfixwill,bydefault, becopied fromthetemporarytothepermanentside,oraccepted. UsinganHMC,itispossibletosimplyreplacethetemporaryimagebydoinganInstallandActivateofthenewfirmwareandindicatingthatthefirmwareshouldnotbeaccepted.
1.6 BeAdvised
Duringafirmwareupdate,theflashingoftheNVRAMmighttakeanywherefromtenminutestoonehour. Ingeneral,updatingtoanewreleaselevelwilltakelonger. Ensurethesystemisnotinterruptedbeforetheflashprocessiscompleted. Interruptingthisprocesscouldresultinaservicecall.
ForsystemsthatarenotmanagedbyaHMC,theinstallationofsystemfirmwareisalwaysdisruptive. Duringtheupdate_flashprocess,theconsoleoutputwillbedisplayed. Again,donotinterruptthisprocess.
Restartingsystem.
FLASH:
preparingsavedfirmwareimageforflash
FLASH:
flashimageis35191632bytes
FLASH:
performingflashandreboot
FLASH:
thiswilltakeseveralminutes. Donotpoweroff!
2 Requirements
2.1 Softwarerequirements
Thetablebelowisasummaryoftheminimumcomponentsrequiredforeachmethodcoveredinthispaper:
Method
MinimumRequirements
UpdateviaHMC
1.AcompatibleversionofHMC.
2.AnEthernetconnectionfromtheHMCtothep5server(HMC1port).
3.DesiredfirmwareimageonCD.TherpmandXMLfilesarerequired.
UpdateviarunningAIXorLinuxoperatingsystem
1.ArunningAIXorsupportedLinuxoperatingsystemonasingleLPARenvironment,ie,noattachedHMC.
2.FirmwareimageonaCDorfilesystem.Therpmfileonly.
3.update_flashexecutable.ForAIX,itispartofthediagnosticaidstoolinthe/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bindirectory.ForLinux,itispartoftheServiceandProductivityTools.
4.Serialconsoleandconnection
UpdateviaStandaloneDiagnosticCD
1.DiagnosticCD
2.Firmwareimage(.img)fileonaCD. Remember,therpmfileisnotdirectlycompatible.
3.Serialconsoleandconnection
Therearetwoveryhelpfulsitesthatwillassistingatheringthecomponentsnecessarytoupdatefirmware. VisitingtheMicrocodedownloadssite
(1)isrecommendedbeforeperforminganyupdates.
Figure1
TodownloadtherpmandXMLfiles,inputtheservermachinetypeandmodelnumberandselectthelatestfirmwarecomponentsbasedonthebelowrequirementstable(option1inFig3).
IfplanningtousingtheDiagnosticCDmethod,useoption4todownloadthefirmwareimageISOimage. TherpmfilesarenotdirectlycompatiblewiththeDiagnosticsCD. ForthesmallestISOimagetakethefollowingpathusingoption4
ObtainISOImage->DownloadP5Microcode->Selectone->GO
Next,gotothePower5Codematrixsite(Figure2)toensuretheexistingcodelevelssupportthedownloadedfirmwarerelease. Forthepurposesofthispaper,thisappliesmostlytoHMCversionlevel. IfanHMCisnotbeingused,thisisforinformationonly.
Figure2
3 UpgradefirmwarewithHMC
3.1 Connectivity
TheHMCisconnectedtoap5systemwithastandardTCP/IPEthernetconnection. Figure1showsaverysimpleconnection.
Figure3.
p550QserverwithadirectconnectiontoaHMC.
3.2 HMCrequirements
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